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Geelong v Essendon ... Bombers players will be interviewed by ASADA ahead of the big game. Source:Herald Sun
Essendon assistant coach Mark Thompson concedes their players face another major challenge to stay focussed ahead of Friday night's AFL blockbuster against Geelong.
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The Etihad Stadium clash will feature the league's only two unbeaten teams after six rounds.
It is also a big week off the field for the Bombers as investigations continue into last year's controversial supplements program at the club.
On Monday, Essendon made public the findings of the Switkowski report, which found an alarming lack of governance over the supplements regime.
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority personnel will also speak to Essendon players this week as part of their investigation.
"It's a big week - it's very big,'' Thompson said on the FoxSports AFL360 program.
"Today's report is going to be in the news tomorrow, the day after the players are being interviewed.
"So there's a lot going on at Essendon.''
Thompson said it was perhaps inevitable that Essendon had struggled early in Saturday's match against Greater Western Sydney.
The Bombers were well down on their otherwise-strong form this season in the second half before rallying for the win.
Thompson noted that the week before, the Bombers had beaten Collingwood in the Anzac Day blockbuster.
"The players just went `phoof','' Thompson said of the poor start against the Giants.
"It (last week) was a bad news week with everything that went on ... you can understand, on reflection, why they played like they did early in the game.
"It's going to be the same this week.''
Fellow coaching veteran Rodney Eade speculated that Essendon's start against the Giants might have been the letdown that pundits thought they would suffer because of their off-field pressures.
"Perhaps in hindsight, even though they might not have performed well on the weekend, it's probably `good, we got away with a win, we were ordinary','' Eade said.
Thompson was clearly furious at quarter-time on Saturday as he spoke to players in the huddle.
"I probably went a bit far,'' he said.
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